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The effect of new technologies on civic participation models [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The development of new technologies will enable decentralization and freedom of communication for large numbers of people, by overcoming the barriers that once rendered direct participation of society unfeasible.
Holubiak, Nataliia
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Citizen Preference and Resource Allocation: The Case for Participatory Budgeting in Seoul [PDF]

open access: yesLocal Government Studies, 2013
This article seeks to measure the extent to which the service priorities of citizens of Seoul, South Korea, are reflected in corresponding resource allocations in the city's budget, despite there being virtually no participation by citizens in the budget creation process.
Im, T, Lee, H, Cho, Wonhyuk, Campbell, J
openaire   +1 more source

Municipal panel data analysis for solid waste, local governments and citizen participation [PDF]

open access: yesGlobal Journal of Environmental Science and Management
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Solid waste management in Ecuador is the responsibility of the municipal autonomous decentralised governments and is structured in a value chain from waste collection to final disposal.
P. Hernández Medina   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pathways to Citizen Participation: Participatory Budgeting Policy Choice by Local Governments

open access: yesChinese Public Administration Review, 2020
The existing literature on participatory budgeting - as one means of citizen participation in local governance - tends to focus on how to stimulate citizen participation in the budget process, and primarily aims to descriptively explain the magnitude of participation or the adoption of specific policy approaches. We investigate participatory budgeting
Skip Krueger, HyungGun Park
openaire   +2 more sources

Citizen Engagement for Social and Technological Innovation in Sustainable Energy Systems

open access: yesAdvanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
This study underscores the potential of citizen participation in the energy transition by providing insights to foster citizen‐driven innovation. An analysis of energy communities, one of the most dynamic innovations in the energy sector, reveals that these models can be citizen‐led initiatives regarding their operational and organizational structure ...
Ana Belén Cristóbal   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plebiscite model of participatory budgeting and public values in Poland

open access: yesFinancial Law Review, 2022
The purpose of this article is to conduct an axiological and legal analysis of the most popular model of participatory budgeting in Poland (the plebiscite model), being a special form of public consultation that allows the residents to decide each year ...
Urszula Zawadzka-Pąk
doaj   +1 more source

Participatory Budgeting: A Framework to Analyze the Value-Add of Citizen Participation

open access: yes2014 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2014
The dynamic and tremendous evolution of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has provided unique opportunities for citizen participation in democratic decision making processes. Such opportunities have been widely noted, in recent years, in processes like Participatory Budgeting (PB).
Mkude, C.G.   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

From skepticism to mutual support: towards a structural change in the relations between participatory budgeting and the information and communication technologies? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Until three years ago, ICT Technologies represented a main “subordinate clause” within the “grammar” of Participatory Budgeting (PB), the tool made famous by the experience of Porto Alegre and today expanded to more than 1400 cities across the planet. In

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U.S. Consumer Preferences for Cage‐Free Eggs and Hen Housing Policies

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farm animal welfare (FAW) continues to be a divisive issue in the egg industry. In the United States, 10 states and most major retailers have implemented policies or voluntary pledges to transition to 100% cage‐free egg sales. We use best‐worst scaling and discrete choice experiments to evaluate U.S.
Vincenzina Caputo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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